Uncertain Magic — Laura Kinsale

In the splendor of love's passion, only the heart dared dream.

LOVE'S SWEET ABANDON

He was called the Devil Earl and scorned by gentle society. But to Roderica Delamore, this disreputable Irish rake would make the perfect husband... for a young woman whose gift -- or curse -- was to hear every thought that passed through a man's mind. Here at last was a man whose deepest thoughts she could not read, but whose dancing blue eyes spoke of pleasures beyond belief. she offered her entire fortune for this chance at marriage, and the Devil Earl readily accepted the bargain.

In his arms, Roderica was swept into the intoxicating ecstasy of her most passionate dreams -- to awaken again and again to the torment of the dark secrets hidden in the mind of the stranger beside her. But consumed by the fiery desires he had stirred, she could listen only to the thundering voice that echoed in her own heart... for better, for worse, forever, my love....